Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 7,828 people were counted in Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton: of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton there were 1,757 children aged 0-14 years and 1,924 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton, 7,178 people were Australian citizens, 828 were born overseas and 28 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton, 52.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.5% were separated or divorced, 7.8% were widowed and 27.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton, 84.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton were England 4.0%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 0.6%, Germany 0.6% and Netherlands 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.3%, No Religion 18.9%, Anglican 18.6%, Uniting Church 10.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.5%, German 0.4%, Greek 0.4%, Netherlandic 0.2% and Maltese 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,590 people aged 15 years and over in Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton were in the labour force. Of these 58.0% worked full-time, 32.8% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.3% were unemployed. 2,243 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.8%, Professionals 8.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.0%, Associate Professionals 6.0%, Managers and Administrators 5.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 4.3%, Business Services 3.5%, Health Services 3.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.0% and Food Retailing 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton, 2,100 families were counted: of these, 38.8% were couple families without children, 44.7% were couple families with children, 14.9% were one parent families and 1.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton, 3,009 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton, 91.4% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton, 45.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 31.0% were being purchased and 17.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 33.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 13.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 51.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Macedon Ranges (S) - Kyneton, 69.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.4% were single (or lone) person households and 2.2% were group households.